[h-cost] A Good Woman

Speaking of movies--I went to see A Good Woman last night. For those not familiar with it, it is a re-writing of Oscar Wilde's Lady Windemere's Fan set in Italy in the 1930s. It is visually stunning--great clothes, and they even figure in the plot! And the screenwriters kept the great

[h-cost] Very OT: Cheat Sheet

This is very off topic but I thought maybe this could save you some time... so that you could do some sewing, chatting on h-costume, or other important things in life. I heard this on the news yesterday. A website has a cheat sheet on how to get a real live human-being on the phone when

Re: [h-cost] pinker alert

Ah alas, these are for paper Only. I have a friend that uses a rotary cutter that comes with a variety of blades for fancy cuts. Kathleen - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 10:43 AM Subject: Re: [h-cost]

Re: [h-cost] pinker alert

Ah alas, these are for paper Only. I have a friend that uses a rotary cutter that comes with a variety of blades for fancy cuts. I bought a wavy rotary cutter to use for 18th c. edging. I haven't used it on a whole outfit but the inital testing worked well. Diana

[h-cost] re: embroidery dating - more info...

Dear Lorina [much snippage!] Thank you so much for all your help - I have spent a few hours researching orphrey bands and copes and can see how closely these resemble the 15C museum pieces on the web. Wow. I knew they were special but I think, after all, that they are extremely special and

RE: [h-cost] pinker alert

I have found that the scalloped worked okay on broadcloth and lightweight. It was used for the decorative parts of a costume. It may have been that they became dull with their first use because there were times the edge was fray checked before the cut and so, they did not cut heavy material, kind

RE: [h-cost] pinker alert- fancy sissors

I used the really fancy edged ones on fabric which had been applied to lightweight fusible glue. It made a nice edge and the fusible didn't seem to gum up the blades at all. --- otsisto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have found that the scalloped worked okay on broadcloth and lightweight. It was

RE: [h-cost] Pink, pinkers, pinking

As to the old table-mounted rotary pinking machines, does anybody have one that actually works? I do. Works like a charm, but apparently mine was maintained properly. Carolann Schmitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.genteelarts.com Ladies Gentlemen of the 1860s Conference, March 2-5, 2006

Re: [h-cost] Wife of Bath's headcovering

--- Melanie Schuessler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm wondering about the Wife of Bath and what she's got on her head ... Just occurred to me, Laura Hodges would certainly have addressed this in her book on Chaucer and Costume, which has chapters on most or all of the secular pilgrims. (The

Re: [h-cost] Pink, pinkers, pinking

and my 'new' one sure works like new. I was surprised how sharp the cut was.. kathleen - Original Message - From: Carolann Schmitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Historical Costume' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 7:26 PM Subject: RE: [h-cost] Pink, pinkers, pinking As to

Re: [h-cost] Pink, pinkers, pinking

Well, have any of you had a problem using someone else's scissors? It is kid of like a lefty using mine, or me using theirs. Some how, using a person's cutting tool is never quite like using one's own. kathleen - Original Message - From: Martha Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL